consolidating 2012

it's the time of the year to start thinking about my year-end summary posting. it has been a routine for me to write a summary and to post in on the 31 dec each year. other than consolidating the things that happened, i need to think of the descriptor for the year. interestingly, this thought crossed my mind recently - if i were to do this on a yearly basis, wouldn't i be rather passive approach to my year? perhaps i should take on a more proactive approach, identify how i want the year to be described and chart the big items at the start of the year? haha... this actually brings me back to having a new year resolution, something that i have avoided doing for the longest time... nonetheless, let's consolidate what happened this year first. let's see...

family

- signs of mum's health deteriorating, in particular, her mental health. on top of that, with regards her copd, it deteriorated towards the end of the year where she had to be hospitalized a few times

- niece has grown up nice and well and we should have a new addition by the end of the year. this would be a very significant inclusion cos it will be the first boy of the next generation.

- have the opportunity to spend a good last 3 months with mum since i resigned from my job

work

- very intensive pace and took up almost all my commitments up to the middle of the year

- resigned from my job following a series of regretful incidences and negative experiences with bosses

- likely to be still looking for a job by the end of the year

self

- health took an interesting downturn at the start of the year where i was hospitalized for kidney stones

- otherwise, health was somewhat stable although there were signs of deterioration of my spine towards the end of the year

- re-started my chiropractor treatment in aug and chirporactor identified the worsening of the spine health, x ray also indicated the misalignment of the cervical vertebra all the way down to the t2-t3 joint

bee

- into our 8th year, very stable 

- we stopped living with me in view of mum's mental condition, the demise of his dad and the fact that he has a new flat of his own now

friends

- friends continue to come and go. i supposed i can consider this normal and routine, so, there is really  nothing new.

these are some of the few points. i think due to recency effect, the items listed here are really few and insignificant. and i need an anchor theme for the year. these are some few descriptors that i think could possibly be used to describe 2012. these include possibly, "mum" (to depict the significant role she played in influencing all aspects of my life), "learning" (to depict the enormous amount of things i learned this year), hmmm... 

will need to reflect and consolidate further. 

:-)